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contrariwise

[kon-trer-ee-wahyz, kuhn-trair-] / ˈkɒn trɛr iˌwaɪz, kənˈtrɛər- /
ADVERB
crosswise
Synonyms
STRONGEST




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Contrariwise telepathic inklings etc *have* been reported throughout human history and across all cultures, in addition to having support from psychic research and parapsychology.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2014

Contrariwise, we suspect that our intuitive picture of space breaks down on tiny scales.

From Scientific American • Feb. 4, 2014

Contrariwise, His Eminence Theodor Cardinal Innitzer, Archbishop of Vienna, was perfecting last week a "Save the Starving Russians" drive understood to have been directly inspired by the Supreme Pontiff.

From Time Magazine Archive

Contrariwise, some companies with big sales ranked relatively poorly in profits, because of traditionally slim profit margins.

From Time Magazine Archive

Contrariwise, B could so dose the horse as to make him appear more valuable than he really was, and use the advantage to dispose of his fourteen shares for fictitiously high prices.

From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Lawson, Thomas William




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